Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers:<\/p>\n
* According to the latest fundraising tallies<\/a>, the DCCC has $22.1 million in the bank, and $3.1 million in debt, for a total of $19 million. It’s Republican counterpart, the NRCC, has $1.6 million in the bank, and $4 million in debt, for a total of negative<\/i> $2.4 million. That’s just astounding. No wonder House Republicans are freaking out.<\/p>\n * A new WMUR poll<\/a> conducted in New Hampshire shows Hillary Clinton with a big lead, earning 43% support, followed by Barack Obama with 23% and John Edwards with 12%. That gap may soon narrow a bit — Obama launched his first New Hampshire TV ads of the season just this week.<\/p>\n * Rudy Giuliani distanced himself last week from a lawsuit he personally helped launch against gun manufacturers during his tenure as mayor. The move drew a rare rebuke<\/a> from Michael Bloomberg this week. While Giuliani told the NRA that the lawsuit had “taken several turns and several twists that I don’t agree with,” Bloomberg explained that the case had “not changed at all” since its inception.<\/p>\n * Obama, who could really use a boost in Iowa, is nevertheless skipping<\/a> the annual Johnson County Democrats’ Fall Barbeque on October 6. Clinton, Edwards, Richardson, and Dodd will be there. The announcement comes shortly after Obama was criticized for skipping an AARP candidate forum in Iowa last week.<\/p>\n